2005 in Radio - Deaths

Deaths

• Ruth Bennett, 100, disc jockey, mother of radio host Alex Bennett, allegedly the world's oldest album-oriented rock disc jockey on KMEL (1982-1983) at the age of 77.
• Gordon Baxter, 81, well-known radio personality in Southeast Texas, author and columnist.
• Earl Cameron, 89?, Canadian broadcaster and anchor of The National (1959–1966)
• Bernard "Buddy" Diliberto, 74, sports commentator in New Orleans for over 50 years.
• Karl Haas, 91, U.S. classical music radio program host of Adventures in Good Music
• Jonathan James-Moore, 59, former BBC Radio head of light entertainment, cancer.
• Bill King, 78, American sports broadcaster.
• Bob McAdorey, 69, Canadian television and radio broadcaster
• Tracey Miller, 51, radio host, pioneer of women's sports broadcasting, brain cancer.
• Glenn Mitchell, 55, Public Radio broadcaster, radio talk show host.
• Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, 91, Polish journalist and highly decorated World War II hero, head of the Radio Free Europe Polish section
• Neil Strawser, 78, CBS Radio correspondent and anchor
• Dr. Don Rose, 70, American radio personality.
• Hallam Tennyson, 85, British radio producer and great-grandson of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, suspected victim of murder
• Chuck Thompson, 83, Baltimore Orioles broadcaster, complications of massive stroke
• John Timpson, 77, ex-presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, natural causes.
• Pierre van Ostade, 88, Dutch radio and television personality. .
• Tommy Vance, 63, British radio DJ and TV host, stroke
• Allan Waters, 84, Canadian broadcasting icon
• Georgie Woods, 78, Philadelphia radio broadcast "legend", due to be inducted into the Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame.